Implications of BR-174 blockage in the Waimiri-Atroari Indigenous Reserve for biodiversity conservation and community governance

怀米里-阿特罗阿里土著保护区 BR-174 堵塞对生物多样性保护和社区治理的影响

• 批准号: 2887068
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2887068
• 关键词: Implications; BR; 174; blockage; Waimiri

This project aims to investigate the contribution of the BR-174 blockage by the Waimiri-Atroari (WA) indigenous community in mitigating biodiversity loss in the Amazon Forest. The BR-174, a highway that crosses the Brazilian territory, was built during the dictatorship as a policy to colonize the Amazon Forest and caused the death of almost 3,000 indigenous due to armed conflicts. For over 40 years, the WA community has blocked daily access to the stretch of the BR-174 inside their territory as a resistance measure. However, this blockage represents unknown ecological impacts and significant social conflicts with the government and the private sector. On the ecological side,very few studies were conducted to quantify animal roadkill in the Amazon Forest, while the current context of increasing road expansion and deforestation in the region represents a threat to biodiversity conservation. In thisproject, we will evaluate the impacts of the BR-174 blockage on biodiversity conservation by assessing the number of roadkill inside and outside the reserve and the influence of the barrier effect on the local mammals. From a social perspective, we will also evaluate the motivations for the road closure through interviews with the WA community members and understand how new governance structures are formed and the main drivers of success orfailure. As a result, the project will inform possible policies around road expansion that could minimize the costs for wildlife and people.

该项目旨在调查Waimiri-Atroari（WA）土著社区在减轻亚马逊森林生物多样性损失方面的BR-174阻塞贡献。 BR-174是一条穿越巴西领土的高速公路，是在独裁统治期间建造的，是为了殖民亚马逊森林而造成的政策，并因武装冲突而导致近3,000名土著人死亡。 40多年来，西澳州社区一直阻止每天进入其领土内BR-174的距离，这是一项抵抗措施。但是，这种封锁代表了与政府和私营部门的未知生态影响和重大的社会冲突。在生态方面，很少有研究对亚马逊森林中的动物道路量进行量化，而当前该地区道路扩张和森林砍伐的情况是对生物多样性保护的威胁。在本项目中，我们将通过评估储备金内外的道路杀伤数量以及障碍对当地哺乳动物的影响，评估BR-174阻塞对生物多样性保护的影响。从社会的角度来看，我们还将通过与西澳社区成员的访谈来评估封路的动机，并了解如何形成新的治理结构以及成功Orfailure的主要驱动力。结果，该项目将为围绕道路扩建的可能政策提供信息，以最大程度地减少野生动植物和人民的成本。